Award Season in New England – 2020 Edition
December 1, 2020
2020 Annual Awards – ACA, New England
At the New England Camp Conference each year, during the annual dinner, ACA, New England celebrates professionals in our region through several awards. Unfortunately, our Conference went online, and the dinner and awards portion was tabled. Moving into the season of giving and thanks, we’re taking the next few weeks to announce and recognize our award recipients for 2020.
This has been one of the toughest years on record for camps. However, camp people are dedicated, tough and worthy of our celebration. Throughout December, take a minute when you see these announcements to watch, comment, share, reach out to a friend to let them know you appreciate their work and head into 2021 riding a positive wave.
While there are only a limited number of awards, ACA, New England is genuinely grateful for the hard-work and resilience of everyone who helped make lemonade out of lemons in 2020. We sincerely look forward to 2021 when Camp Marches On.
Leadership & Service Award – Jody Skelton
These awards are an opportunity to recognize and celebrate individuals, groups, or organizations for their significant contributions to ACA, New England in leadership roles or in service to ACA and the New England camp community.
Awards should be chosen from the following categories, or if desired one created specifically to better highlight the recognition.
- Visionary Trailblazing: has made significant efforts addressing a problem or improving a situation. Has created a better world/community because of efforts.
- Excellence in Leadership: exemplifies a commitment to individual leadership
- Emerging Leader
- Outstanding Volunteer Service
- Board Service
- Outstanding Mentor
Leadership & Service Award – Emily Golinsky
These awards are an opportunity to recognize and celebrate individuals, groups, or organizations for their significant contributions to ACA, New England in leadership roles or in service to ACA and the New England camp community.
Awards should be chosen from the following categories, or if desired one created specifically to better highlight the recognition.
- Visionary Trailblazing: has made significant efforts addressing a problem or improving a situation. Has created a better world/community because of efforts.
- Excellence in Leadership: exemplifies a commitment to individual leadership
- Emerging Leader
- Outstanding Volunteer Service
- Board Service
- Outstanding Mentor
Meritorious Service Award – Terrie Campbell
This award is for meritorious service to ACA, New England, and the organized camp community. This individual has made outstanding contributions to ACA, New England in a multitude of areas.
Evidenced by the following criteria:
- Contributions should be of exceptional benefit to ACA, New England’s efforts.
- The benefits of the candidate’s service may go beyond the local area to ACA on a regional and/or national level or other noted organizations.
- Bringing benefit and honor through good, faithful and efficient service
- Nominees must have established a pattern of excellence, normally demonstrated by the receipt of other awards.
- Provided unusual initiative and skill in leadership
George Marcus Award for ACA, Accreditation Education Service – Richard Chamberlain
Given to a Standards Volunteer who exemplifies their role as the face of ACA, New England, and the ACA Accreditation process.
Awarded to an individual who demonstrates at least two of the following criteria:
- Champions the Education of the accreditation process through mentoring multiple camps or going above and beyond the call to help camps through the accreditation process.
- Is an ambassador of ACA and the Accreditation process to camps throughout the process and/or active recruiter of new camps to Accreditation.
- Advances change with regard to the Accreditation process or specific standards by bringing awareness and attention to the National Standards Committee.
- Demonstrates unusual dedication and leadership in their role as a Trainer, Instructor, Visitor, Standards Committee member, etc.
Leadership & Service Award – Anthony Pyatt
These awards are an opportunity to recognize and celebrate individuals, groups, or organizations for their significant contributions to ACA, New England in leadership roles or in service to ACA and the New England camp community.
Awards should be chosen from the following categories, or if desired one created specifically to better highlight the recognition.
- Visionary Trailblazing: has made significant efforts addressing a problem or improving a situation. Has created a better world/community because of efforts.
- Excellence in Leadership: exemplifies a commitment to individual leadership
- Emerging Leader
- Outstanding Volunteer Service
- Board Service
- Outstanding Mentor
Distinguished Service Award – Alexandra Thomas
The Distinguished Service Award is the highest honor regularly given by ACA, New England. It is awarded to an individual who has given outstanding leadership and service to ACA, New England for at least 12 years. It is easily recognized that no other award would do justice to the magnitude of this nominee’s contributions. This volunteer has devoted time above and beyond the normal volunteer commitment.
Evidenced by the following criteria:
- Sustained impactful commitment to ACA, New England that goes above and beyond expectations of volunteerism
- Vision and achievement as a leader who has been instrumental in transforming the camp experience in New England
- Contributions impact to the broader camp community, not just individual camp, program, etc.
- Provides volunteer leadership that significantly contributes to the advancement of the ACA, New England mission.
Meritorious Service Award – Carl Metzger
This award is for meritorious service to ACA, New England, and the organized camp community. This individual has made outstanding contributions to ACA, New England in a multitude of areas.
Evidenced by the following criteria:
- Contributions should be of exceptional benefit to ACA, New England’s efforts.
- The benefits of the candidate’s service may go beyond the local area to ACA on a regional and/or national level or other noted organizations.
- Bringing benefit and honor through good, faithful and efficient service
- Nominees must have established a pattern of excellence, normally demonstrated by the receipt of other awards.
- Provided unusual initiative and skill in leadership